The Eyes of Tammy Faye 2021
Jessica Chastain's Best Actress win was the night's genuine shock and blows the category wide open.
The Big Picture · Discussion · Rankings · Interview
Best Picture Power Rankings and the Oscars Take Purge. Plus: ‘jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy’
February 28, 2022/ 90 min/ Sean Fennessey · Joanna Robinson
Sean Fennessey and Joanna Robinson read the SAG results into the Best Picture race, rank all ten nominees, and rant about the Academy pre-taping eight categories. Then Sean talks to Coodie and Chike about their 20-year Kanye documentary.
22 films across 4 segments.
AI-generated This episode was transcribed and analyzed with AI models. The matches aren't perfect — expect the occasional misheard title or a link to the wrong film.
The SAG Awards and the Best Picture Racereading the guild results into the Oscar race
Spencer 2021
Kristen Stewart wasn't at SAG; Robinson would be happy to see the race circle back to her.
Parallel Mothers 2021
A rumored Penélope Cruz opening as more voters catch up on the Almodóvar film.
Nomadland 2020
The template for a winner that's admired rather than loved, a comparison point for The Power of the Dog.
Parasite 2019
The jubilant counter-example: took SAG's ensemble prize and went all the way.
The Lost Daughter 2021
Beat The Power of the Dog for adapted screenplay at the USC Scripter Awards; Maggie Gyllenhaal's adaptation.
Best Picture Power RankingsJoanna Robinson ranks all ten nominees, No. 1 first
No. 3
Belfast 2021
No. 6
West Side Story 2021
A late surge possible once it streams; a viral tweet about the gym-dance oner did more than the studio's marketing.
No. 7
Licorice Pizza 2021
No. 10
Nightmare Alley 2021
Last, but Robinson came around after finally watching it: 'join the cult.'
The Oscars Take Purgeon the Academy pre-taping eight categories out of the live telecast
Dune 2021
The technical categories getting shunted, including Hans Zimmer's likely first Oscar for the score he built new instruments for.
tick, tick... BOOM! 2021
Robinson's case for showmanship: Andrew Garfield's viral musical moments as the model the ceremony should chase.
‘jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy’
Coodie & Chike on
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy 2022
Netflix's three-part doc, 20 years of Coodie's verité footage of Kanye West; final chapter premieres Wednesday.
Coodie & Chike on
Hoop Dreams 1994
Steve James's doc is the whole origin story: Coodie set out to 'do a Hoop Dreams on Kanye.'
Coodie & Chike on
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking 2021
Coodie's last great thing: the HBO doc on the Chicago-adjacent pioneer of Black cinema.
Coodie & Chike on
The Tragedy of Macbeth 2021
Chike's last great thing: 'visually a work of art,' even if he got lost in the story.
Also mentioned raised along the way
The 'admired, not loved' Best Picture roll call The King's SpeechThe ArtistArgoThe Town12 Years a SlaveBirdmanSpotlightMoonlightLa La LandThe Shape of WaterGreen BookRoma
The 'could a crowd-pleaser win?' precedents Hidden FiguresBlack Panther
In passing AliI, TonyaMad Max: Fury RoadSpider-Man: No Way HomeEncantoForrest GumpTitanicL.A. ConfidentialThe Batman
Coodie & Chike's touchstones Gimme ShelterDont Look BackDark Days
Not films filtered out: TV, games, ads
TV Squid GameGame of ThronesLostEuphoriaChannel Zero
Music videos Through the WireJesus Walks
Ads Boar's HeadNetflix FIFA World Cup Launch EditionJust Like Us (podcast)